The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-12-01

him how the
separation was the great grief Of his
life, how Il had unquestionably sent the
boys sad.hearted mother prematurely to
her grave, and that in spite Of all the
money and the good fortune that had At
tended him from first 10 last, the world
was blank, the brightness Of the morning
was the darkness of night, and that he
would give all he had to clasp his Aon
to his arms and ask his forgiveness. The
letter inclosed q bill of exchange for hum
dred pounds-$500 in our money-with
the suggestion that John should take the
earliest opportunity to come over, If It
were but for visit, and adding that If
more money was necessary his drafts at
sight would be accepted, but hoping that
the inclosure was sufficient to meet the
exigency Of the moment.
What pen could paint that picturel
John glanced at her and at the boy
who, nesting by her side, looked anx.
iously and curiously at the tears that
coursed her hollow cheeks and said,
"Jennie, we start for New York to-
morrow"
He had money enough.
The hundred pounds was nothing to
him
The next day was spent in necessary
preparations for the voyage.
The day preceding the day OF sailing
was equally occupied until about six
o'clock, when Jennie, being utterly ex-
hausted, threw herself ON the bed to rest.
John was weary, too.
But little John was cross.
OF course he was.
Two long days he had been left In the
- vhA md
and careless. He rolled hoople through
the halls till call-boy stole #. He slid
down the banisters until one of the
went into the dining-hall twenty
times day, and gorged himself until he
was sick. He played marbles with q
little boy from Boston, and won all his
stock.
He wore himself out in the endeavor
to amuse himself.
And when his father carried him up
stairs on his back, after dinner ON Friday
evening, he begged him to take him out
for q walk.
Little John was FIVE years old, tall Of
his age, smart, bright, quick and full Of
fun. His hair was jet black, like his
fathers; his eye was blue-gray, like his
mothers. Nothing frightened him, but
he could be easily moved by his sympa-
thies.
Altogether he was . loving, lovable
boy-one of the kind that fathers whip
and mothers shield who always turn out
we'll in spite of the lash, and develop
qualities precisely the opposite to those
which their teachers and guardians
predict for their manhood.
However out thew went
The father proud of the son; the boy
pleased with his father.
They walked over to the City Hall
Park, and admired the architectural won.
ders of the building with its marble
front and freestone rear. They wandered
over the green grass, watched free fight
between two rival fire companies at the
corner of Chatham and Frankfort streets
bought penny glass of ice-cream OF an
old woman near the park, and were turn
when
"Helloi where's the boy?"
Quite question, wasn't itf
John looked in vain.
He met one of Matselrs watchmen IN
an old-fashioned police hat, and told hin
his story.
OF course he wasted time.
What should he dof
The unfeeling crowd hurried by him
Carts and wagons and stages passed II
everlasting procession along the street.
But the boy, the apple Of his eye, tn,
core of his heart, the darling Of his wifi
his wife. How should he tell his wife
What should he tell his wifef
Half crazed with fear, full Of bite
self f-reproaches, uncertain which way t,
go, unfamiliar with the city and its ways
the poor fellow grasped the first man h'
could and asked him to show him to tn
station.
Thinking Wilson was drunk, the mai
showed him of and hurried on.
He spoke to another and was directe,
to the chiefs Office, where all the sat ia
faction he could get was the tantalizinl
Office would keep him until his lathe
called.
"But leave the country Tomorrow,
said John. "The steamer sails ct nine
and we must b. on board by eight"
"Oh, wait over" replied the sergeant
my father q dying and ! must 50,
But Of course ~talk" did no rood.
The oficer took little Johns name an
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